Blue rubber mulch
Blue rubber mulch brings a clear, bright color to a play area or a garden bed. Softscape Outdoor ships it by the pallet across the lower 48, and the price you see already covers delivery.
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One pallet covers about 300 square feet at 3″ deep.
Same price either way. Choose bags for a home delivery. A super sack comes off in one piece, so it needs a loading dock, or a forklift and a pallet jack waiting on site.
Not sure how much you need? Open the calculator.
Need more than seven pallets?
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What comes on a pallet of blue
One pallet of blue rubber mulch holds 75 cubic feet. You choose how it is packed, and the price is the same either way.
- 50 bags on the pallet, each holding 1.5 cubic feet.
- One super sack on the pallet, holding the load in a single bag.
- Same rubber mulch, same price, in both cases.
Bags suit a job you plan to spread over a weekend. You can carry one bag at a time to the back corner of a yard and open it where you want it. A super sack comes off in one piece, so it needs a loading dock, or a forklift and a pallet jack on site. It keeps the whole load in one place until it is spread.
Buy one to seven pallets on the site. Any quantity can be quoted. For eight pallets or more, ask us for a delivered quote.
Blue is a look, not a different product
We sell six colors: Black, Brown, Red, Green, Blue, and Unpainted. Blue is the same rubber mulch as the other five.
Every color we sell is tested to the same impact standard and carries the same certification. Blue does the same job in a fall that black or brown does. Color changes how the ground looks and nothing more.
Tested to ASTM F1292 · confirm any certification in the IPEMA public certification database.So pick your color the way you pick paint. Choose the one you want to look at every day.
The other five colors
Blue is one of six. Each of the others has its own page with photos and details.
- Black rubber mulch, the quiet, dark base color.
- Brown rubber mulch, the warm tone people picture when they hear mulch.
- Red rubber mulch, the bold one that pops against green leaves.
- Green rubber mulch, which settles in beside turf and evergreens.
- Unpainted rubber mulch, the rubber with no color on it.
Where people use blue
Schools and daycares
Blue is a common school color. A blue play surface lines up with the sign out front, the gym floor, and the team jerseys. Buyers order it by name for that reason.
Modern and coastal yards
Blue sits well next to gray stone, white trim, and glass. Coastal gardens use it to pick up the color of water. It also draws a clean line against green leaves, so a bed keeps its shape when seen from the street.
Zones you can read at a glance
Color is a quick way to map a large site. Put blue under the toddler swings and a second color in the older kids’ area. Staff and parents then read the ground instead of hunting for a sign.
Depth is what makes a playground surface work
Blue rubber mulch is tested for impact under ASTM F1292. Depth is the part you control. The federal playground handbook gives the depth to use for the height of your equipment, and it shows how far the surface must reach around each piece. Read it before you order. Then buy enough blue to hold that depth across the whole area, not just under the swings.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Public Playground Safety Handbook (Publication 325) · tested to ASTM F1292.Our rubber mulch coverage calculator turns your area and your depth into a pallet count.
Check the certification yourself
Ask for the paperwork on any surface you put under play equipment. Our rubber mulch is certified, and the certification is listed in a public database that anyone can search by product. Print the listing and keep it with your inspection records.
Listed in the IPEMA public certification database · tested to ASTM F1292.How blue behaves once it is down
- It is inert, and it has no odor.
- It does not rot, so the cover you spread stays cover.
- It springs back underfoot, where wood chips pack down.
Foot traffic still moves it. At the base of a slide or in front of a swing, the mulch travels toward the edges. Rake it back in a few minutes, and top up those spots when they thin out.
That is the whole routine. There is no yearly load to buy and spread again.
How we make it and where
Blue starts as recycled rubber. Magnets draw the steel out of the stream. Air classification lifts the fabric away, because moving air carries light fibers while the heavier rubber drops.
We make rubber mulch in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. We deliver it to the rest of the lower 48.
What happens on delivery day
Shipping is built into the price on your screen. There is no freight charge waiting at checkout.
A truck brings your pallets. The driver lowers each pallet to the curb and leaves it there. Set aside a clear, level spot near the street before the truck arrives.
We deliver. A wheelbarrow and a rake handle the rest.
Common questions about blue rubber mulch
Can I mix blue with another color?
Yes, and plenty of buyers do. Each pallet ships in one color, so you order the colors you want as separate pallets. A common plan on a playground is a base color across the main area with blue in one zone. Another plan runs a blue band around the edge of a black or brown field. In a landscape bed, try one blue bed near the entry and a quieter color everywhere else. You get the contrast without a bright tone across the whole yard.
Mixing costs you nothing in performance. Every Softscape Outdoor color is tested to the same impact standard, so a two-color layout protects the same as a one-color layout. Work out the square footage of each zone first. Then order the pallets for each color to the depth you need.
How many pallets of blue should I order?
Start with two numbers: the square footage of the area and the depth you want. Multiply them to get cubic feet. Our coverage calculator does that math and returns a pallet count, and one pallet of blue rubber mulch holds 75 cubic feet.
For a playground, the depth comes from the federal handbook and depends on how high a child can climb. For a landscape bed, depth is your call, and a shallower spread is normal.
Order a little more than the bare number. Rubber mulch travels out of busy spots such as slide exits, and a spare bag lets you top those up later. You can buy one to seven pallets online. Ask us at any quantity and we will price the freight with it. Eight or more is quote only.
Round up rather than down. A second delivery for one short bag costs you a day of work.
Is blue only for schools and daycares?
No. Schools and childcare centers buy a lot of blue, but nothing about it is institutional. Homeowners order it for a backyard swing set, a play corner, or one bed they want people to notice from the road.
Blue is a standard color in our line, not a special order. It sits alongside Black, Brown, Red, Green, and Unpainted, and it ships the same way they do. You can buy a single pallet if that is all your project needs.
The reason to pick blue is the reason to pick any color here. You looked at the six and liked this one. Performance is identical across all of them, so the choice is yours to make on looks alone.
Order it for a swing set, a sandbox surround, a dog run, or a front bed. The same pallet serves all four.
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Enter your ZIP code and see the real delivered price for blue. One to seven pallets ship straight from the site, and shipping is already in the number. Quotes are not limited by size. For eight pallets or more, send us the details for a quote.
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Pick your color and your state and the site shows the price you actually pay. Freight to your state is already in it, and no shipping charge is added later. An online order carries up to seven pallets in total. For more than that, ask us for a quote at any size.
What comes with it
Every color is tested to ASTM F1292, the standard for how far a surface cushions a fall, and certified by IPEMA. The certificate itself is public, listed in IPEMA’s public database. Painted colors carry our 12-year color guarantee.
- Tested to ASTM F1292
- IPEMA certified
- Ships to all 48 contiguous states
- 22 years of rubber mulch experience